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Coffee News Recap, 16 Dec: ICO lowers coffee consumption growth forecast to 1% to 2% until 2030, CEPEA says more rainfall needed in Brazil for successful 2022/23 harvest & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Decafino compostable pouches are made from plant-based polylactic acid plastic, and include food-grade seaweed extract and natural minerals. Workers at NYC Starbucks Reserve Roastery end 46-day strike over poor working conditions. Tue, 6 Dec – Chamberlain Coffee launches commercial-compostable coffee pods. Wed, 14 Dec.

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3 Simple Ways Restaurants Can Reduce Food Waste this Holiday Season

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And, with it, comes a rise in reservations for holiday parties, special family outings and overall overindulgence. According to Ecocycle, one of the largest non-profit recyclers in the US, less than 15% of restaurant food waste is collected for composting. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 1 in 9 Americans are food insecure.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

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No chef has shaped the 21st-century conversation about the connections between agriculture , cuisine , ecology , health , and climate change more profoundly than Barber. The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a nonprofit regenerative farm and educational center, opened in 2004 on the site of a former dairy farm.

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Coffee News Recap, 25 Nov: European dieticians believe coffee consumption has clear health benefits, PRF confirms multi-year sponsorship deals with MTPak Coffee and Ally Coffee & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Nespresso launches new home-compostable capsules. The “beanless” coffee company says the appointment of Birgit Cameron and Jordan Schenck will help to build “a more equitable and sustainable food industry” US Department of Agriculture lowers its 2022/23 coffee production estimates for Colombia and Brazil.

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The Tasting Menu at the End of the World

EATER

After that, they went to Hokkaido, Japan, where for two and a half years he cooked at Michel Bras’s Toya, and Katina studied agriculture on several farms in the region, which was renowned for its strawberries. SingleThread’s hand-worked form of agriculture minimizes tillage so as not to disturb the soil’s microbiology.

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